##ial elections . za ##nu and za ##pu were invited to participate , but refused ; nk ##omo sar ##don ##ically dubbed smith ' s black colleagues " the blacksmith ##s " . za ##nu proclaimed 1978 to be " the year of the people " as the war continued . officials from mu ##zo ##rew ##a ' s united african national council , sent to the provinces to explain the internal settlement to rural blacks , were killed by marxist – lenin ##ist guerrillas . insurgents also began to target christian missionaries , climax ##ing in the killing of nine british missionaries and four children at eli ##m mission near the mo ##zam ##bic ##an border on 23 june . the transitional government was badly received abroad
##ial elections. zanu and zapu were invited to participate, but refused ; nkomo sardonically dubbed smith's black colleagues " the blacksmiths ". zanu proclaimed 1978 to be " the year of the people " as the war continued. officials from muzorewa's united african national council, sent to the provinces to explain the internal settlement to rural blacks, were killed by marxist – leninist guerrillas. insurgents also began to target christian missionaries, climaxing in the killing of nine british missionaries and four children at elim mission near the mozambican border on 23 june. the transitional government was badly received abroad